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Josephine Leong

Case from Foster Village, HI dated Apr 27, 2018

Victim Details

Josephine Leong

Female

Asian

Foster Village

HI

2018-04-27

83

Josephine

Leong

Primary Suspect Deceased

06/30/2026

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Josephine Leong, an 82-year-old woman, was found dead inside her Foster Village home on April 27, 2018, after a welfare check brought police to the residence and uncovered a scene that quickly shifted from concern to horror. In the quiet of that Honolulu neighborhood, the home held no answers at the door, only a heavy silence that deepened the longer it went unanswered.

Investigators concluded she had been shot, and the circumstances were treated as a domestic murder-suicide. The suspect ...
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  • Josephine Leong – Disability Day of Mourning
  • Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Foster Village couple in their 80s found dead in possible murder-suicide
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    Just thinking about the Leong case brings such a heavy feeling, especially when you consider how lon... ...Read More
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